Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing

[Linda Hobbet (coho]

Another reason for not filling 20% with occupants younger than 55 is 
that in a given year you could have some unoccupied units so that fewer 
than 80% are occupied by at least one person 55 or older and you could 
lose your 55+ status permanently. It is the occupants that count, not 
the owners. Unoccupied units don't count.

People leaving seem to go in waves. At one point we had 4 units up for 
sale and some of them were unoccupied. I believe there is a grace period 
during the initial sales and occupation, but these were all resales. At 
the same time we also had one person who was away for a year's 
sabbatical and her home was unoccupied while she was gone.

Linda Hobbet

On 12/1/2025 3:32 AM, Linda Hobbet wrote:
> At least 80% of the units need at least 1 occupant aged 55 or older. 
> They don't have to be the head of the household. The law was written 
> that way so if the older person died or moved to a nursing home or 
> something, a remaining person who was under 55 would not be forced to 
> move out.

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